Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, forme… Read Full Bio ↴Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.

Pink Martini has twelve instrumentalists (and sometimes travels with string sections), and performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and North America. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998 under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then, the band has gone on to play with over 30 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. Other appearances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year’s Eve 2003, 2004 & 2008; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall; the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in NYC; the Governor’s Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; and the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia.

Lauderdale met China Forbes, Pink Martini’s lead vocalist, at Harvard. He was studying history and literature while she was studying English literature and painting. Late at night, they would break into the lower common room in their college dormitory and sing arias by Puccini and Verdi – and the occasional campy Barbra Streisand cover –thus sealing their creative collaboration. Three years after graduating, Lauderdale called Forbes who was living in New York City, where she’d been writing songs and playing guitar in her own folk-rock project, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together for the band. Their first song “Sympathique”– with the chorus “Je ne veux pas travailler” (”I don’t want to work”) – became an overnight sensation in France, and was even nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards. Forbes, though fluent only in English, sings in 15 different languages.

Pink Martini’s debut album Sympathique was released independently in 1997 on the band’s own label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog), and quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000.

In October 2004, the group released its second album, Hang on Little Tomato.

In May 2007, it released its third album, Hey Eugene!.

A fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass, followed on October 27, 2009.
Sympathique, Hang on Little Tomato and Hey Eugene! have all gone gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey; collectively, Pink Martini's records have sold more than two million copies worldwide.

On New Year's Eve 2005, Pink Martini performed live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. This performance was aired live on National Public Radio's Toast of the Nation, and in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting was recorded for a live DVD and later broadcast on US public broadcasting and French television.[citation needed] The DVD has been rereleased to retail as Discover the World: Live in Concert, featuring not only the full concert, but several vignettes and a short documentary of the band's history.

The band has collaborated and performed with Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Henri Salvador, Jane Powell, Chavela Vargas, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, DJ Dimitri from Paris, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Hiroshi Wada, DJ Johnny Dynell and several drag queens from New York City, among others. On June 1, 2007, the band appeared on the long-running BBC Two Later with Jools Holland TV music program. On June 14, 2007, Pink Martini performed on Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Hey Eugene".

Pink Martini played Walt Disney Concert Hall on New Year's Eve for the first two years it was open (2003/4 and 2004/5). They returned to play NYE there again in 2008/9.

In May 2009, the band recorded three concerts with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Carlos Kalmar for the band’s fifth album … a symphonic record which is slated for a 2011 release.

Pink Martini songs appear in such films as In the Cut, Nurse Betty, Josie and the Pussycats, Tortilla Soup, Shanghai Kiss, Mary and Max, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith and have been used on television shows such as Dead Like Me, The Sopranos and The West Wing, among others.[citation needed] Their song "Una notte a Napoli" is an integral part of the Italian movie Mine Vaganti (2010), by the Italian-Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek. The song "No Hay Problema" is included as background/setup music for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and was also used as the background/setup music for an early build of Windows Longhorn, now known as Windows Vista.[citation needed]
In February 2011, the group's lead singer, China Forbes, recorded a video greeting to the European Space Agency's Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri, on board the International Space Station. The astronauts were preparing to oversee the docking of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo vessel, Johannes Kepler, which took place at 17:08 CET on 24 February. The greeting was set to the sound track of Dosvedanya Mio Bombino - one of Pink Martini's signature songs - and was mixed with footage of the actual docking.

In November 2011, they played at the Balboa Theater with the Bonita Vista High School band, Club Blue.

Aspettami
Pink Martini Lyrics

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Aspettami
Wait for me
I've been lost
Adrift at sea
In your dreams
Dream my way
Someday I'll find my heart
And come back to stay

Do you miss me
My darling
As I miss you
Take my hand
And pull me near
And never let me go again my dear

There was a time
I was safe in your arms
And the stars fell away like diamonds
Then we were young
And our love was younger still
Was it just an illusion

Aspettami
Wait for me
Close your eyes
And you will see
I'm coming home
Every sky in my heart will be blue
On the day I come back to you

I'm coming home

Every sky in my heart will be blue
On the day I come back to you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Pink Martini's song "Aspettami" are all about longing for a lost love and the hope of finding it again. The singer is yearning to reunite with their beloved, having been lost at sea in a figurative sense. They ask to be waited for, and speak of having been adrift, searching for their heart. The theme of dreams is woven throughout, as the singer asks their love to dream of them and states that they dream of their love as well.

The second stanza invokes nostalgia, highlighting a time when the two lovers were safe in each other's arms and the stars fell away like diamonds. The imagery is rich, painting a picture of a time when their love was young, though the singer wonders if it was all just an illusion. Still, the singer implores their love to wait for them, reminding them to close their eyes and see that they are coming home. The final lines of the song speak to the profound hope and desire of the singer, promising that every sky in their heart will be blue on the day they finally come back to their love.

Overall, the lyrics of "Aspettami" are a poignant expression of love, loss, and the hope of reunion. The song is beautifully atmospheric, with lyrics that are both romantic and wistful.

Line by Line Meaning

Aspettami
This is an Italian phrase which means "wait for me".

Wait for me
The singer is asking the listener to patiently wait for their return.

I've been lost
The singer has been lost, both literally and emotionally.

Adrift at sea
The artist feels like they're floating aimlessly without direction, like a ship lost at sea.

In your dreams
The artist is present in the listener's dreams, which may be the only place they feel close to each other at the moment.

Dream my way
The singer is asking the listener to dream in a way that brings them closer together.

Someday I'll find my heart
The singer hopes to rediscover their passion and emotion someday.

And come back to stay
The artist wants to come back to the listener for good and remain together.

Do you miss me
The artist is wondering if the listener misses them the way they miss the listener.

My darling
The artist is expressing love and affection to the listener.

As I miss you
The singer explains why they are asking the question, admitting that they miss the listener badly.

Take my hand
The artist is inviting the listener to take their hand and come closer, physically and emotionally.

And pull me near
The singer wants to be physically close to the listener once again.

And never let me go again my dear
The singer is asking the listener to never let them go again, to hold onto them forever.

There was a time
The singer is acknowledging that they had a good time in the past.

I was safe in your arms
The artist felt protected and secure in the listener's embrace.

And the stars fell away like diamonds
The artist is using a metaphor to describe how perfect and magical that time felt.

Then we were young
The singer is looking back at their younger selves, who were happy and in love.

And our love was younger still
The singer is reminiscing about how their love was new and fresh.

Was it just an illusion
The artist is wondering if what they had was real or just a fantasy.

Close your eyes
The artist is asking the listener to close their eyes and imagine their reunion.

And you will see
The artist promises that if the listener imagines hard enough, they will see the artist's return.

I'm coming home
The singer is reassuring the listener that they are on their way back.

Every sky in my heart will be blue
The artist's heart will be happy and at peace when they reunite with the listener.

On the day I come back to you
The singer is expressing hope and anticipation for their reunion with the listener.

Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALLAN ROBERTS, DORIS FISHER

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@sergeiabramov7397

2y↑13

Aspettami
Wait for me
I've been lost
Adrift at sea
In your dreams
Dream my way
Someday I'll find my heart
And come back to stay

Do you miss me
My darling
As I miss you
Take my hand
And pull me near
And never let me go again my dear

There was a time
I was safe in your arms
And the stars fell away like diamonds
Then we were young
And our love was younger still
Was it just an illusion

Aspettami
Wait for me
Close your eyes
And you will see
I'm coming home
Every sky in my heart will be blue
On the day I come back to you

I'm coming home
Every sky in my heart will be blue
On the day I come back to you

@suisjane

6y↑16

Aspettami等待著我

Wait for me等待著我

I've been lost 漂留在海上

Adrift at sea我已經迷失了

In your dreams 在你的夢想中

Dream my way 依我的夢想方式

Someday I'll find my heart 有一天我會找回我的心

And come back to stay 然後回來住下來

Do you miss me 親愛的

My darling你想我嗎

As I miss you 如同我想你一樣

Take my hand 拉起我的手

And pull me near 把我拉靠近

And never let me go again my dear 我愛人永遠不要讓我離開你

There was a time 有一次

I was safe in your arms 我在你的懷抱裏很安安穩穩

And the stars fell away like diamonds 星星像鑽石一樣地掉落下來

Then we were young 那時我們還年輕

And our love was younger still 我們的愛還更年輕

Was it just an illusion 宛如一場幻覺一般

Aspettami等待著我

Wait for me 等待著我

Close your eyes 閉著你的雙眼

And you will see 你將會發現

I'm coming home 我要回到家了

Every sky in my heart will be blue在我回到你身邊的那一天

On the day I come back to you 我心裏的每個天空將會是蔚藍的

I'm coming home我要回到家了

Every sky in my heart will be blue 在我回到你身邊的那一天

On the day I come back to you我心裏的每個天空將會是蔚藍的